A Christmas Gift from Them to You

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:25 Written by External Post Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:25

Scalable Link Outreach with Gmail and Boomerang

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:05 Written by External Post Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:05

Creating Different Types of Viral Content

Last Updated on Monday, 19 December 2011 05:59 Written by External Post Monday, 19 December 2011 05:59

Not convinced that viral content can work magic for you? As Jordan Kasteler explains in a post on Search Engine Land, viral content builds links. When search engines see these links it sends three clear message about your site…[it] is active…is current…is invested in the needs of your audience, notes Kasteler. This is exactly the kind of site that search engines want to show their users. Large amounts of social shares indicate that a mass amount of people not only found what they were looking for on your site, but also liked your site enough to share it with others, Kasteler states. …
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AMERICAN RED CROSS RECORDIOGRAM RECORDS

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 November 2011 10:36 Written by External Post Wednesday, 16 November 2011 10:36

8 plastic on cardboard discs, with recorded message from serviceman in hospital at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Mailed June 30, 1945 to woman in Kansas City, Missouri. Early use of recordings for sending personal messages.
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eBay auction blunder raises questions

Last Updated on Monday, 14 November 2011 03:35 Written by External Post Monday, 14 November 2011 03:35

Andre Souang thought he scored the deal of a lifetime when he won a $140,000 Bentley for $14,000 on eBay last month.

But when he went to make his payment, managers at Bentley Scottsdale refused to take his money, told him the car wasn’t for sale and disavowed the auction listing as a mistake.

Bentley Scottsdale’s refusal to sell was followed by a form message from eBay saying the auction had been canceled for unspecified reasons. The company scraped any trace of the auction from its website and from Souang’s account.

Within hours of the Oct.25 auction, it appeared as if the car had never been for sale at all.



http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2011/11/12/20111112ebay-car-auction-mistake-questions.html
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Amazon Black Friday deal: $89 Kindle 2

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:03 Written by External Post Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:03

Alert. Amazon just slipped a little Black Friday deal onto its Facebook page: $89 for its second-generation Kindle. Here’s the full text of the message: We don’t know how long the deal will last (it starts at 9 a.m. PT) but the price seems somewhat
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Google: We’re too sexy for your search

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:02 Written by External Post Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:02

The company delivers a fancy product pitch to Madison Avenue to make sure the ad world gets the message that it’s not just about search.
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Twitter users hit by viral hack attack

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 September 2010 10:20 Written by External Post Tuesday, 21 September 2010 10:20

Twitter users were victims of a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability today as users reported message pop-ups and third-party websites being accessed without consent.In a statement, Twitter said the exploit is now fully patched. “We have identified
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Android vs. Chrome: Google sends mixed message on future tablets

Last Updated on Monday, 13 September 2010 03:20 Written by External Post Monday, 13 September 2010 03:20

Google is being somewhat circumspect about whether Android or Chrome will run on future tablet computers, with two top executives hinting recently at different possible directions. Analysts also disagree in their predictions.
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Google finds another startup for social push

Last Updated on Friday, 27 August 2010 10:00 Written by External Post Friday, 27 August 2010 10:00

Google continues to buy as it builds, snapping up social-network technology company Angstro for an undisclosed sum. noted that company founder Rohit Khare posted a message on the Thursday telling customers and readers that he would be joining Google.
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